The short version: while you are taking an exam, Electronic Bluebook records your answers, how you typed them, and basic technical details about the session. It does not watch what you do outside the exam, and it does not read your files.
This notice explains what the Electronic Bluebook exam software records, why, and who can see it. It is written to be read in a few minutes before your first exam. Your school decides which of the optional features below apply to you, and your school — not CompuTest — holds your exam records.
What is always recorded during an exam
| What | Why | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| Your answers | They are your exam | Your school, and the faculty member marking it |
| A record of your typing — keys, timing, pauses, and text you paste | So your work can be recovered if something goes wrong, and so your school can review the authenticity of a submission if it ever needs to | Authorised staff at your school |
| Technical details of the session — your operating system, the software version, and the network address you submitted from | Security, support and troubleshooting | Authorised staff at your school, and CompuTest support when your school asks for help |
| Your name, school email address and enrolment | So the exam reaches the right person | Your school, which provided them in the first place |
The typing record is of what you type into the exam. It is used to understand how an answer was written, not to identify you — you are already identified by being signed in.
What the software does not do
- It does not monitor or record anything you do actively outside Electronic Bluebook.
- It does not read your files, your email or your browsing history.
- It does not use your camera or microphone unless your school has enabled remote proctoring for your exam — see below.
- It does not track your location.
- It does not use your work to train artificial-intelligence models.
During a locked exam the software does restrict your computer — it closes other applications, hides the desktop and silences sound — so that everyone sits the same exam under the same conditions. Those restrictions end when the exam does.
If your school uses remote proctoring
Remote proctoring is an optional feature that a school buys separately. Most schools do not use it. It applies only if your school has enabled it, and your school will tell you in advance if an exam is proctored this way.
| What happens | Detail |
|---|---|
| Your camera and microphone may be used | You are asked to check them before the exam starts |
| The session may be recorded | The recording belongs to your school and is held in your school’s own storage |
| A proctor may join by audio or video, or by text chat | A text chat channel is available where your school has enabled it |
| Who can view a recording | Authorised proctors and staff at your school, under your school’s policy |
If your school has not enabled remote proctoring, the software does not use your camera or microphone at all. If you are unsure whether it applies to your exam, ask your school.
If your school uses the AI review features
Some schools license optional AI features. Where a school has switched them on, a member of staff can ask for a report on a submission — for example, whether passages match published sources. If your school has not switched them on, nothing is sent anywhere.
- The report is advisory. No AI decides your grade and no AI makes a finding of misconduct — a person at your school reads the report and decides.
- Your work is not used to train AI models, and is not kept by the AI provider after the report is produced.
- Where the check looks for published sources, distinctive passages may be searched against material on the web.
Diagnostics, only if you choose to send them
If something goes wrong, the software can send a diagnostic report to help us fix it. This is never automatic: you are shown what will be sent and you choose whether to send it.
Your records, and who to ask
Your school is the custodian of your exam records. Electronic Bluebook processes them on your school’s behalf and under its instructions, in the United States. Requests to see, correct or delete your records go to your school rather than to CompuTest, because it is your school’s record to hold.
| If you want to… | Ask |
|---|---|
| See or correct your exam record | Your school’s exam office |
| Know whether your exam is proctored | Your school, before the exam |
| Arrange an accommodation, including assistive technology | Your school’s disability services office |
| Ask how the software works | Your school, who can raise it with CompuTest |
If you use a screen reader, dictation, a magnifier or other assistive software, tell your disability services office before the exam period. There are several ways to sit an exam with it, and they are arranged in advance rather than on the day. See our Accessibility Statement.